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Times Square, ca. 1977.
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Times Square ca. 1923
2020 Wrap Up: UA Team Faves
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2020 sure has been a whirlwind! Here are some interesting facts, stories, and images from throughout the five boroughs that we dug up along the way.
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My Archive Summer 2019
Frank Crosswaith, Black labor organizer and man of the people
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Group of Socialist leaders including Forward editor in chief Ab Cahan (in center, looking to his right), former Vienna, Austria vice-Mayor Dr. Max Winter, and Frank R. Crosswaith, founder of the Negro Labor Committee
Holidays in the City
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Walking in a winter wonderland… As the City continues to reopen there are many opportunities to enjoy the enchanting sights and sounds of the season. There are holiday train shows, ice skating, holiday markets, decorated department store windows, and more just waiting for you to discover and explore.
Designing New York: A History of the PDC
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The Public Design Commission (PDC) was established as the Municipal Art Commission by the New York City Charter in 1898 (following the consolidation of NYC). The Commission was tasked with the oversight of all public artworks and monuments, but its purview quickly expanded to include public structures and open spaces. Renamed in 2008, the PDC reviews the design of permanent works of architecture, landscape architecture, and art proposed on or over City-owned property. Projects are submitted by City agencies and include the construction, renovation, or restoration of buildings; the creation or rehabilitation of parks, playgrounds, and plazas; installation of lighting and other streetscape elements; signage; and the installation and conservation of artwork, including monuments and memorials. The Commission also acts as caretaker and curator of the City’s public art collection, which is located throughout the city’s public buildings and open spaces, and maintains an extensive archive documenting the history of New York City's public works. The PDC Archive maintains a collection of projects reviewed by the Commission since 1902, documenting more than 7,000 sites throughout New York City and providing a unique view into the history of the City’s public works. The designs that have been reviewed by the PDC throughout its over 120-year history are representative of the policies and focus of Mayoral administrations while simultaneously following historical trends in public design, public health, and artistic and cultural movements in the city and country at large. The following examples illustrate the breadth of projects under the PDC's purview, from large scale developments to streetscape fixtures that often go unnoticed. For an in-depth history of the Public Design Commission, see Michele H. Bogart’s book, "The Politics of Urban Beauty."
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Snow Scenes, Blizzard, Street Scenes in New York City. A police officer handing something to a horse-cart driver hauling snow.
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Snow Scenes, Blizzard, Street Scenes in New York City. A police officer handing something to a horse-cart driver hauling snow.
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Times Square, New York City, September 5, 1914. Photographed for the Success Postal Card Company.
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Unidentified man addressing a crowd at the corner of W. 46th Street and Broadway, New York City, undated (ca. September 1917). Photographed for the Evangelistic Committee of New York City.
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Broadway and Seventh Avenue at 47th Street, New York City, circa 1918-1919: Chalmers Underwear, Kelly Springfield Tires, Batavia Tires, B.F. Keith's, Fisk Tires, Loew's New York Theatre, Lyceum Theatre.
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Broadway and Seventh Avenue at 47th Street, New York City, circa 1918-1919: Chalmers Underwear, Kelly Springfield Tires, Russel Uniforms, Silverbloom Dress Fabric, Fisk Tires, Loew's New York Theatre.
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Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street (West) Broadway, north from West 46th Street, showing a night view of the upper portion of Times Square. At the right is the Seventh Avenue side of this locale. Fall 1920 Hellmich Bros, photo GGift of Urbrock Collection REPRODUCTION RIGHTS UNRNOwN Neg.w 74o
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3 Longacre Square, Broadway and Seventh Avenue looking south from 47th Street, New York City, 1923. (Roege 9437)
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3 Longacre Square, Broadway and Seventh Avenue looking south from 47th Street, New York City, 1923. (Roege 9437)
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Longacre Square (Times Square), Broadway and Seventh Avenue, looking south from 47th Street, New York City, 1923.
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3 Longacre Square, Broadway and Seventh Avenue looking south from 47th Street, New York City, 1923. (Roege 9437)
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Manhattan: Broadway - 45th Street Broadway, west side, north from but not including 45th Street. This view also shows Seventh Ave, at the right, north from but not including 45th Street. About 1930. Ewing Galloway.
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\[Times Square at night] View of Times Square at night. Traffic, lighted signs and marquees visible.
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Manhattan: Broadway - 7th Avenue (1) Broadway, west side, north from 46th Street, Also showing at the right, Seventh Ave., east side, north from 46th Street. September 11, 1932. P. L. Sperr. M 1 rT ,r zD woRRRggeS N DN S~8P8E 3 (2) The same, showing the east side of Seventh Ave., a year later. February 22, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
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Manhattan: Broadway - 7th Avenue (1) Broadway, west side, north from 46th Street, Also showing at the right, Seventh Ave., east side, north from 46th Street. September 11, 1932. P. L. Sperr. M 1 rT ,r zD woRRRggeS N DN S~8P8E 3 (2) The same, showing the east side of Seventh Ave., a year later. February 22, 1933. P. L. Sperr.
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Times Sq. So. at night
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Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street Times Square at West 46th Street, showing Broadway (left) converging with Seventh Ave. (right) at West 47th Street (apex). This view is northward and shows W.P.A. employees removing the Seventh Ave. car tracks. July 14, 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Art Project.
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Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street Times Square, north from West 46th Street, showing W.P.A. employees repairing a triangular safety sone. Broadway (left) and Seventh Ave. (right) intersect at this point with a common apex (building, with sign atop) at 47th Street. August 13, 1936. W.P.A. Photo. Federal Art Project. Ne. ~ 362
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Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street (West) Times Square: A northward view from West 46th Street, showing the northern apex with the recently dedicated monument to Father Duffy of the 69th Regiment there. North of 47th Street., Broadway (left) and Seventh Ave. (right) regain their identity. This is a set of two views; No. 2 of which is photographed from the Seventh Ave. side. September 14, 1937. P. L. Sperr. )rS77D 7 7 N E ER22
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Manhattan: Broadway - 43rd Street Broadway (right) and Seventh Ave. (left), north from but not including West 43rd Street, showing Times Square during a drenching afternoon rain (3 P.M.). Note the automobiles with their headlights turned on and theatres with their electric signs lighted. This view is taken from the Times Building and appeared the following day, Tuesday July 13, 1937, in the New York Times. July 12, 1937. Gift of Wide World Photo Inc.
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Manhattan: Broadway - 46th Street (West) Broadway (Times Square) west side, north from W. 48th to 47th Streets. 1939 Alexander Allands This is one of a series that appeared in the published voiame "Portrait of N. Y.' by Felix Reisenberg and Alex. Alland, IRGV.
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Crowd of people, many waving, in Times Square on V-J Day at time of announcement of the Japanese surrender in 1945
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Anti-Litter Campaign Times Square
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\[Looking south on Broadway from Seventh Avenue and West 43rd Street.]
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Mosaic mural by Edward Meshekoff for the exterior of the Information Center in Times Square, Manhattan. These designs were granted final approval by the Art Commission on July 14, 1958.
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Times Square, New York Primary subject: Times Building Secondary subject: Hotel Woodstock
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Times Square the Center of New York Primary subject: Times Building Secondary subject: Hotel Woodstock
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Street Sweeper in Times Square
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Times Square, New York City Primary subject: Times Building
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Times Square, New York City, N.Y. Primary subject: Bond Clothing Store Secondary subject: Hotel Astor
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Times Square, New York. Primary subject: Hotel Astor
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Times Square, New York Primary subject: Paramount Building Secondary subject: Times Building
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Times Square, New York City Primary subject: Hotel Astor Secondary subject: North End of Times Square
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Times Square, New York City Primary subject: Bond Clothing Store Secondary subject: Hotel Astor
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Times Square, New York City Primary subject: Hotel Astor Secondary subject: North End of Times Square
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Times Square, New York City Primary subject: Times Building Secondary subject: Paramount Clock and Astor Hotel
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Manhattan: Broadway - 7th Avenue Broadway, (left) north from West 46th Street, and Seventh Ave., (right) north from the same point, showing a night view of the northern end of the Times Square; the "Great White Way," the worlds greatest theatrical district. About 1925. Ewing Galloway.
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Times Square, New York Primary subject: Hotel Woodstock Subway Stations Times Building
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Times Square, New York Primary subject: Times Building
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Times Square Primary subject: Hotel Woodstock Secondary subject: Hotel Rector Later Named Claridge
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Times Square by Day Primary subject: Bond Clothing Store Secondary subject: Hotel Astor
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Street Sweeper in Times Square
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Times Square by Day, New York, N.Y. Primary subject: Kleenex Tissue Billboard Secondary subject: Hotel Astor
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Times Square, the Heart of New York City Primary subject: Hotel Astor Secondary subject: Planters Peanuts Billboard
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